Workers and unhoused people at the St Francis House homeless shelter speak about the current heatwave in Boston and the dangers for those living outside. On Monday afternoon, homeless residents in ...

As we approach Veterans Day, a day dedicated to thanking the men and women who protected and served our country, there is a special outreach team in Boston offering a helping hand to veterans who are ...

Boston recorded a notable drop in homeless residents during an annual census of the population earlier this year, city officials announced Tuesday. The snapshot, collected on a single night in January ...

They ventured into the moonlit streets just before midnight with clipboards and backpacks full of socks, mittens, and doses of a medication that can reverse drug overdoses. They walked down alleyways, ...

The Boston Zoning Board of Appeals rejected an abutter’s appeal, clearing the way for a state contractor’s controversial plan to convert a former West Roxbury nursing home into a homeless shelter for ...

A group of West Roxbury residents opposed to a planned homeless shelter for families and migrants, largely due to safety concerns, has been denied a restraining order that it sought in court to block ...

Dr. Jim O'Connell hardly ever saw people living in tents, let alone encampments of people sleeping on the streets, during the first three decades of his 40-year career treating Boston's homeless. The ...

Just after midnight on Thursday, while hundreds of thousands of Bostonians slept in warm homes with solid roofs, a collection of city employees, social workers and other caring souls searched for ...

Feeling a considerable rise in the city’s homeless population, Boston shelters and charities attempted to bring holiday spirit to their guests, while worrying about the potential effects of state ...

Large snowstorms and consistent freezing temperatures have put Boston’s homeless population at risk, causing homeless support organizations across the city to step in and provide support. Boston’s ...

It’s no secret that Massachusetts' housing crisis has made life difficult for residents across the state. But Greater Boston animal shelters say one group of victims is often overlooked: pets. Pets ...